Ah yes that first day when you arrive in Canuckistan before you leave and don’t sleep for 36 hours 😏 Check in yesterday online was fine and all checked through to Vancouver in PE leaving Sydney at 830 pm tonight after early afternoon flight from Qantas Bumfuck Idaho aka Brisvegas. We had requested a points upgrade to BC but will be unsuccessful and now just wait for message confirmation which usually comes at 3 am 😡 No surprise then that a Qantas message came through at 3 am. Sadly it was to tell us flight delayed until 1030 pm! Ok these things happen. Almost back to sleep when phone rang at 4 am . Bloody Qantas. Ah no, it was Air Canada asking me if would swap flight to Montreal on Sept 24 th as they have oversold my flight. Canuck Me Slowly (CMS) . May go for full refund but not making that decision at 4 am Ryan ! ( hereafter all Canadians will simply be called Ryan.)
Great trip down to Brisvegas because we all know when you leave plenty of time everything runs smoothly. Check in at Brisvegas not as smooth as previous but still QC Bar adjacent at 11:30 – you know the bar that opens at midday 😏 . Luckily we didn’t look like tourists and served promptly at 12:01 and started rinsing the tonsils #DBF.
Good flight down and first go with Qantas boarding groups. Be fine without morons. You know the ones that are in rows 17-30 but still board from the front 🤦🏻♂️ Good wifi and a great snack
It was a quick flight , no doubt because such a long plane 😳 Bitch to turn around mind you
Easy transfer with the GU and quiet security screening had us in Qantas lounge with a mere 5 hours until boarding 😳. Just time to change into our Canuckistan gear and get a few supplies
Massive wine range but no draft beer and help yourself spirits. What could go wrong 😏
Took the top shelf for a spin and then went out for a walk to get some small denomination Canada money. Bent over the bonnett and chili on the stick with a 67c exchange rate at airport exchange. No mate I want Canadian not US. That is Canadian cobber . CMS. We only had 50s so bit bullet to get some 10s and 5s. BC2 lent CLP some Bose noise cancelling headphones which liked feel of so bought some duty free Sony ones. Then back for a shower before I spent any more money. What a great way to refresh. Now , where is that wine bar ?
Our plane was coming from Perth and running 4 hrs late so didn’t arrive in Sydney until 905 pm . It was a great effort by Qantas to still have us start boarding by 945 pm and left about an hour later and had a good trip so ended up arriving about 90 mins after our original plan at 7 pm. The trip was fine but 13 hrs is still 13 hrs even in PE. It was busy at airport but all worked pretty smoothly and we were at our lodgings at about 815 pm.
Time for some sleep now hopefully but don’t expect much first night after such a long day. It’s quite warm in unit as well
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